Tuscaloosa Municipal Court
The Court
Referral Officer (CRO) administers tests and evaluates defendants in order
to determine the appropriate classes or treatment for defendants. The Court
Referral Officer is Ms. Nancy Mathews. Ms. Mathews is an extremely nice
person who has worked with thousands of individuals in Municipal Court. If
you will simply do EXACTLY what Ms. Mathews tells you to do, your
"passage" through the Court Referral Office will be uneventful. Please do
not mistake Ms. Mathews wonderful personality for being a "softy". If you
fail to show up at the office as required or take the classes or attend the
treatment program that Ms. Mathews specifies for you, your next visit to
Municipal Court will probably be in front of the Judge. You WILL
need to call me.
The
numbers for the Court Referral office are
Phone (205)
349-0513 and Fax: (205) 247-7848
The Office
is Open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Alvin P. DuPont Municipal Court
Building. The office is the door directly across the hall from the entrance
to the Courtroom.
There are
fees involved in the referral process. Currently the Fees are:
·
Evaluation fee
$50.00
·
Monitoring fee
$20
·
Drug screen fee
$25.00
All fees
are subject to change. You should bring the fees in CASH and you will be
given a receipt. If you have any questions about the fees - make sure you
ask Ms. Mathews.
Continuances
If you need
to change the date of an evaluation or monitoring, do not call as no
continuances will be granted by phone. You must physically go to the
Court Referral Office to request a continuance.
No representation is made that
the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the
quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.